Germany detained over 900 human traffickers in 2016

Germany detained about 900 human traffickers in 2016 – more than half of them on the border with Austria – according to Interior Ministry data cited by Welt am Sonntag.

Most of the smugglers, 481, were caught on the Austrian border by December 2016. On the borders with Poland and Czech Republic, 155 and 106 people were arrested respectively. Forty five arrests were made on the Belgian border, and almost 90 traffickers were caught entering from France. Germany’s airport security registered 23 arrests for 2016.